Tales from FAR Manor

Image source: openclipart.org It’s often difficult to keep some kind of balance in life, and that goes double for a writer. You have a j...

Hiding in plain sight might be a cliché, but it was often a valid strategy. The supervillain Warmonger owned a bar in a rough part of town...

I realized a long time ago, when I need a car, it will come to me at the right time. My Civic has over 450,000 miles on it (the actual milea...

Well, not really writing  wibbles this week, because there hasn’t been much writing so far. But with Water and Chaos  now launched, maybe ...

Jean Auguste Dominque Ingres, The Apotheosis of Homer Source: Wikimedia Commons Earth, Air, Fire, Water. I needed them all for this magic...

Welcome, Indie Lifers, to the free-range insane asylum! Don’t forget to hit the linky at the end, and see what other indies have to say abou...

+Helen Howell  gave me a challenge when I said I was trying to think of a #FridayFlash this week: “Write me a 100 word story using cylinder ...

I tuned the Launch Cannon to fire at B&N and Amazon pretty much simultaneously. That actually worked out pretty well. As I’ve been r...

FAR Manor has an attached two-car garage, and a detached three-car garage. With all that garage space, we are able to park: one minivan and ...

Image source: openclipart.org Tap tap tap . “Hmmmm.” Hattie the Swamp Witch opened her eyes. It was dark. The only other sound was the...

Let’s have a round of applause for  +Angela Kulig , who put this thing together! And what’s a cover without a blurb, right? Thanks to e...

As you have certainly realized by now, I changed the blog template. Some readers have told me the contrast (or lack thereof) made it hard to...

Since I was out of town mid-week, and Water and Chaos is with the editor, I’ll post an excerpt. This is from the second of the Accidental S...

Last week, I received two different awards from three different people. So thanks to  +Helen Howell  and  +Tony Noland  for the Super Sweet ...

Welcome, Indie Lifers, to the free-range insane asylum! I have a short post this month, but I hope some of you find it valuable. Don’t forge...

This one runs a little long, I hope I’m forgiven… Once, in the time of Camac That Was, before the Makers departed Termag for the City ...

This has been an interesting week. Maybe it was synchronicity, or maybe it was the universe sending a message. Anyway, let’s start with a ...

I don’t know if Mason dreamed it, or just made up a story, but I thought I’d embellish it a little for this week’s #FridayFlash. Yup, I co-a...

Hooray, I’ve finished cranking in the Water and Chaos  beta comments! Of course, that means I can no longer put off writing a synopsis (ak...

In a parallel universe, this is on one of the cable channels… Remixed from graphics on  openclipart.org SFX: upbeat theme music. ...